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There is good reason some have called the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal "NAFTA on steroids."

The fifth anniversary of the Citizens United decision is quickly approaching. Join CWA and allies to rally against big money corrupting our politics.

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) warned U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman that the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal will make it harder to stop shaky Wall Street dealings in the future, the kind that caused the economy to tank during the Great Recession in 2008.

January 2015 marks the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United decision. That ruling, along with the McCutcheon decision of 2014, opened the flood gates and now allows millions of dollars to be spent by just a handful of wealthy individuals to influence our elections.

CWA issued this statement on the CROmnibus spending bill being considered by the House and Senate.